I agree with Alan Cox's message.
I wish to emphasize that the amount of money isn't important, it is that
any money at all is required and the restrictions that flow from this.
The Web infrastructure has allowed free software to thrive, and vice
versa. We don't want to cure this.
Hugh Redelmeier, Ph.D.
hugh@mimosa.com voice: +1 416 482-8253
PS: I am an author and user of free software. See, for example
www.freeswan.org.